2. Baker Mayfield’s Heisman clincher

Now there’s absolutely no excuse.

Go ahead and make a sort of statement if you want, and go ahead and make it all about you by picking something else. But Mayfield was brilliant when all the pressure was on in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal-like game.

He completed 15-of-23 passes for 243 yards and four scores, and ran six times for 65 yards.

Mayfield kept getting tested all year, and he kept producing time and again. The Heisman was probably locked up before no matter what, and now it’s in cement.

Mayfield was already a legend, and now …

1. That’s No. 3

That’s not bad for a walk-on.

Three Big 12 championships in a row. Two College Football Playoff appearances in three seasons. One Heisman Trophy.

Mayfield came through. The running game came through. The defense came through. The coaching came through. Lincoln Riley came through. And now, even though it was a rematch, and even though there was no need to deal with another game to prove that Oklahoma was the best team in the Big 12 this season.

Oklahoma was the best team in the Big 12 this season. Just like it was last season, and the year before that.